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Earlier this week, Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett announced that for the second consecutive year, there is to be no carnival celebrations in Jamaica. The decision was made amid the spike in coronavirus cases across the island. As of Thursday...

There is no question that singer Samory I is wholeheartedly representing for roots reggae and everything good associated with it. Passionate about all he does, whether it is a lover’s rock tune or an ode to the weed, the Son of David singer makes...

Reggae and dancehall artiste I-Octane has been sporting a slimmer physique over the past few weeks. Following some ridicule on social media over his weight gain in the past few months, the proclaimed ‘Hot Ras’ has been sharing his road to fitness...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP): The CEO of BetterUp Inc. said on Wednesday that he hired Prince Harry as an executive because of his tenacious advocacy for the kind of mental health services that his firm provides, and the publicity brought by the move is...

MEXICO CITY (AP): All movies shown in Mexico must now have subtitles to assist people with hearing problems, the government ordered on Tuesday. The Interior Department said Spanish subtitles will be required for any movie, even if its dialogue was...

Veteran recording artiste and producer Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry says that he is feeling as fit as a fiddle. “I have been well, me escape the devil. I turn 80-something and don’t look like that, me look much younger than that, and feel younger than that...

The soundtrack for seminal Jamaican film, The Harder They Come, has been added to the prestigious Library of Congress National Recording Registry, making it only the second reggae album to be so recognised. In 2007, Burnin’, the sixth studio album...

Demi Lovato “didn’t know” if she’d ever sing again after her near-fatal overdose. The 28-year-old singer was hospitalised in July 2018 after overdosing on drugs at her home in the Hollywood Hills, and she said she didn’t know how much damage she’d...

NEW YORK (AP): Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat Subsequent was partly improvised and scripted by nine writers, but it still walked away Sunday night with one of the Writers Guild Awards’ top honours, Best Adapted Screenplay. At the guild’s virtual, pre...

The Jamaica Cultural Develop­ment Commission (JCDC) is currently hosting a series of free online workshops for the Phase One subject areas of the National Festival of the Performing Arts and Arts Development competitions, ahead of the 2021...

One month after walking his daughter down the aisle, King Yellowman is still beaming with pride, and enjoys reliving the treasured moment. “It feels good. The wedding was very well organised,” the devout family man told The Gleaner. “It was easy...